[coreboot] Re: X220 and coreboot?

2020-02-12 Thread Nico Huber
Hi Eero, to switch from vendor firmware to coreboot, on an X220, you need either an external flash programmer or a slight hardware modification (connect a certain pin to disable flash protections). The latter requires a very fragile software procedure. Otherwise, you won't be able to write to

[coreboot] Re: X220 and coreboot?

2020-02-12 Thread Christoph Zechner
Ah, I see. I guess, you could flash coreboot on your device, but I REALLY would advice to make a backup of your existing BIOS first, in case anything goes wrong Cheers Christoph On 2020-02-12 11:48, Eero Volotinen wrote: > Well. Sorry, if this is very stupid question, but trying to follow >

[coreboot] Re: X220 and coreboot?

2020-02-12 Thread Eero Volotinen
Well. Sorry, if this is very stupid question, but trying to follow instructions at: https://thiccpad.blogspot.com/# Step: *ifdtool -x original.bin # original.bin** is the firmware you read from the motherboard* *and I don't have this original.bin as it readed from bios chip of motherboard?*

[coreboot] X220 and coreboot?

2020-02-12 Thread Eero Volotinen
Hi List, Does anyone have dump of this bios as I don't have spi programmer? :( Eero ___ coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org

[coreboot] Re: Debugging undetected SATA disk?

2020-02-12 Thread Michal Zygowski
Hi, The ME often holds data about clock configuration for given mainboard. It is not easy to figure out how to configure those clocks without the proprietary Intel tools. That thing is called Integrated Clock Controller - ICC (or something like that). Also the vendor's firmware probably has "the

[coreboot] Re: Debugging undetected SATA disk?

2020-02-12 Thread Patrick Rudolph
Hi Mogens, According to "IntelĀ® ME - 1.5MB FW Bring Up Guide" the Intel ME region contains the ICC profiles. If you simply replace the ME without applying the same ICC configuration to the new Intel ME, some hardware might not work as expected. Regards, Patrick Rudolph 9elements Agency GmbH,

[coreboot] Re: Asrock e350m1: sata disks not recognized

2020-02-12 Thread Valentin
Hi, Don't know exactly what could cause it. I would try to build with the same config and repo revision as in the board status. This is a very good suggestion. If it still doesn't work, then maybe there is a difference between flash (SSD) and metal (HDD) SATA devices... It was a good